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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What job does Lalami discuss in "Inheritance" which she got right after grad school?
(a) Advertising sales at The L.A. Times.
(b) News Anchor at CBS.
(c) Marketing Coordinator at a local non-profit.
(d) Editorial writer at Channel One News.

2. What race does Lalami say are often characterized as constituting the majority of welfare recipients?
(a) Asians.
(b) Whites.
(c) Latinx.
(d) Blacks.

3. While Lalami lived in Koreatown, she writes that Govern Pete Wilson ran in favor of Prop 187. What did this policy propose to do in regards to immigrants?
(a) Prop 187 would deny visas to all incoming immigrants.
(b) Prop 187 proposed to built a longer wall on the California-Mexico border.
(c) Prop 187 proposed to deport all undocumented immigrants within five years.
(d) Prop 187 would deny undocumented immigrants access to public education and healthcare.

4. What words does Lalami use to describe Brett Kavanaugh's testimony?
(a) Emotionless and arrogant.
(b) Emotional and uncooperative.
(c) Intelligent and convincing.
(d) Honest and compelling.

5. What are some things about gender roles that Lalami says she learned in school?
(a) Women should be rulers of their home.
(b) Women and men were considered equal at that time.
(c) Women should manage finances and take care of the children.
(d) Women should dress modestly and submit to their husbands.

6. At the time of Trump's promise of a Muslim ban, how long had it been since a national of the countries in the ban perpetrated an attack on U.S. soil?
(a) Less than 5 years.
(b) At least 40 years.
(c) Approximately 10 years.
(d) Over 100 years.

7. In "Inheritance," Lalami writes that she and her brother were treated the same until she turned what age?
(a) 3 or 4.
(b) 16 or 17.
(c) 11 or 12.
(d) 8 or 9.

8. What was the median household income for white families in 2017?
(a) $25,812.
(b) $98,743.
(c) $61,372.
(d) $45,876.

9. What is one way that Lalami suggests equal voting rights can be achieved?
(a) Banning literacy tests.
(b) Putting an end to poll taxes.
(c) Making election days a holiday so people can have paid time off work to vote.
(d) Providing free transpiration on voting days.

10. How does Lalami describe California's attitude toward the poor at the start of "Caste"?
(a) She says California relies on the poor to do low-paying work.
(b) She says California is particularly generous toward the poor.
(c) She says California is particularly hostile toward the poor.
(d) She says California relies on the poor for government funding.

11. What does Lalami say is the "absence of race" (94) in "Tribe"?
(a) White.
(b) Muslim.
(c) Black.
(d) Asian.

12. In "Tribe," who does Lalami say is the only constituency Trump never faulted for anything?
(a) Blacks.
(b) Women.
(c) Whites.
(d) Latinx.

13. How much was the rent which Lalami and her boyfriend shared when she moved out of Koreatown to a better area?
(a) $750.
(b) $1700.
(c) $900.
(d) $1200.

14. Who does Lalami say was most impacted by the opioid epidemic?
(a) Rural white communities.
(b) Black communities.
(c) Muslim communities.
(d) Urban white communities.

15. Which 1790 act described in "Tribe," limited citizenship to "free white persons" (103)?
(a) The Citizenship Act.
(b) The Immigration Act.
(c) The Naturalization Act.
(d) The Free White Persons Act.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a question Lalami says is often asked when women accuse a man of sexual assault years after it is said to have occurred?

2. In "Caste," what does Lalami cite as an example of policy which worked to oppress the Black vote?

3. Despite being secular, what common Muslim rule did Lalami's father enforce?

4. What two adjectives does Lalami use to describe the "fiction" (112) of race?

5. Who does Lalami say was most impacted by the 1980s crack epidemic?

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